Trial set for next year for man accused of triple killing, attacking war veteran

A trial date has been set next year for the man accused of killing a federal tax court judge, the judge’s wife, and a neighbour.

Ian Bush is expected to stand trial for three months beginning on April 3, 2017 on three counts of first-degree murder in relation to the killings of retired federal tax court judge Alban Garon, 77, his wife Raymonde Garon, 77, and neighbour Marie-Claire Beniskos, 78, in late June 2007.

He will then stand trial again starting on Oct. 23 for six weeks on allegations he invaded the Sandy Hill apartment of Ernest Côté — a decorated 101-year-old Second World War war veteran — in December 2014 before robbing and attempting to kill Côté by putting a bag over his head. Côté has since died.

Evidence collected from the Côté crime scene later led police to lay charges against Bush in the unsolved homicides of the Garons and Beniskos.